Bottle-closure.



A. D. RAY.

B0 TTLE CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED IAN. II. I9I5.

1,153,518.. Patentedsept. 14, 1915.

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ALBERT D. RAY, OIE' CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-FOURTH TO CLARENCE E. c IBIGELOW, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 111i, MM5,

Application led January 11, 191.5.l Serial No. 1,485.

To allwwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT D. RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specilication.

My present invention relates to bottle closures, and its object is to provide an 1mproved sanitary closure for milk bottles and the like, which may be securely attached to the bottle and whereby dust, dirt, etc., may be-excluded therefrom. This and any other objects appearing hereinafter, are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the devices hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which l Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, of a form of my bottle closure; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same applied to the bottle; Fig. 3 is a like view of a modified form of my bottle closure; Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same applied to the bottle; Fig.

5-is a like view of a second modified form of ,my bottle closure Fig. 6 is a similar view of the same applied to the bottle; F1g.'7 1s a' like view of a third modified form of my bottle closure; Fig. 8 is a similar vlew of the same applied to the bottle;4 9 is a like view of a fourth modified form of my bottle closure; Fig. 10 is a similar view of the same 'applied to the bottle; Fig. 11 is a like view of a lifth modiied form of 'my bottle closure; and Fig. 12 is a similar view with the disk closure omitted.`

My bottle closure consists ,of a capl 1.

adapted to close a bottle 2 having an annular neck bead 3. This cap is of suitable non-metallic material, as paper, and hasv a downwardly-extending flange portion 4 receiving the neck of the bottle and extending below the bead. The portion of said flange thus below the bead is nowV re-formed or upset-f. e. thickened by a suiicient compressing force,-to form a ring 5 on the bottom portion of the flange, around the Abottles neck and below and engaging the bead, such ring being much more rigid than the flange before such upsetting process. It will be seen that by this process the cap is securely held in place. The cap may be formed plain as shown in Fig. l, or with crimps or folds 6 .as shown in other views. These crimps conduce tc 'i proper nnd by the mouth or bottom of the cap may be distended to pass over the bead; in Fig. 5, they are arranged one above another; in Fig. 11 the crimps are vertical on the flange; and in Fig. 7, they are disposed helically or diagonally as shown. lt will be seen that as thus arranged, the mouth of the cap may be distended to pass over the bottle bead, and that thereupon it will through its own elasticity contract to engage below the bead and will thus hold in place without upsetting; and further, that this formation ofthe crimps conduces to the upsetting process Whether effected by a force exerted from below, or from the side or in a rotary direction; in Fig. 9 the crimps are disposed helically in opposite directions so as to intersect each other. A suitable adhesive may be applied to the flange, preferably on the outside, to hold the re-formed or upset flange securely in such re-formed or upset condition. An ordinary disk bottle closure 7 may be employed in connection with my device.

Not confining myself to details of construction shown or described, I claim 1. A bottle having anv annular neck bead, a bottle-closing cap having a downwardlyextending non-metallic flange adapted to receive the bottles neck and upset or thickened by compression around Vthe ,bottles neck and below'the bead.

f A 2. A bottle having an annular neck bead,

a bottle-closing cap having a downwardly- ,extending non-metallic flange adapted to receive the bottles'neck and upset or thickened by compression around the `bottles neck and below the bead, said flange being coated with an adhesive adapted to'- retain the flange in said upset condition.

3. A bottle having an annular neck bead,

a bottle-closing cap having a downwardlybeing coated with an adhesive adapted to retain the flange in said upset condition.

5. A bottle having an annular neck bead, a bottle-closing cap having a downwardlyextending non-metallic flange with helicallydisposed crimps and adapted to receive the bottles neck and upset or thickened by compression around the bottles neck and below the bead.

6. A bottle having an annular neckbead, a bottle-closing cap having a downwardlyextending non-metallic flange with helically- 'disposed crimps and adapted to receive the bottle?s neck and upset or thickened by c ompression around the bottles neck and below the bead, said flangebeing coated with an y adhesive adaptedv to retain the flange in said upset condition.

7. For a bottle having an annular neck bead, a bottle-closing cap having a ldownwardly-extendin flange with helically-dis posed crimps ang adapted to receive the bottles neck and to be contracted below the bead.

- 8. For a'bottle having an annular neck bead, a bottle-closing cap having a downwardly-extending iiange with helically-disv nesses. ALBERT D. RAY.

Witnesses CYRUS W. RICE, CLARENCE E. BIGELOW, MARION A; THOMPSON. 

